Intellectual property is often the most valuable yet sometimes
the least recognised asset of a business. Lawyers have an
important role to play in helping clients both to exploit
and to protect their intellectual property assets.
Our clients include electronic and precision engineers,
software developers and internet traders, all of whom require
advice from time to time on specific intellectual property
issues such as licensing and registration as a matter of
course.
We also supply specialist input to corporate transactions
or insolvency situations where intellectual property issues
arise, as part of a cross departmental team. We often work
closely with patent and trade mark agents.
We have extensive experience of protecting and enforcing
intellectual property assets and rights. Applications for
injunctions, delivery up orders or search orders are often
the most effective way to stop problems in their tracks and
our skills and resources enable us to take rapid action to
obtain such remedies where they are appropriate.
Our intellectual property work
includes:
Software licensing and assignments
Software development agreements
Copyright and design right licensing
Know how licensing
Trade mark registration
Infringement
of patents
Infringement of copyright, database and design
rights
Passing off
Protection of trade marks and
internet domain names
